Heroes Rise

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fifty-sixth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, March 6th, and released Wednesday, March 10th, over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ostron takes us to his own demiplane of dread.Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:The latest Adventurer’s League changes effective right …. now!After that we take a Short Rest and hear some Wisdom of the Masters on Managing NPCs; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksDemiplaneAdventurer’s League says goodbye to PHB+1A Short Rest: Wisdom of the Masters: Managing NPCsWisdom of the Masters: Managing NPCsLast Week’s Community QuestionsWhat’s your take on the Adventurer’s League rule changes? Do you think the end of PHB+1 is a step in the right direction? Or do you think they’re mirroring the structure of Magic: The Gathering for a less benign reason?How are you staying connected for your virtual games? Have you tried Demiplane or another

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fifty-fifth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, February 27th, and released Wednesday, March 3rd, over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Lennon Dscrybs all the places, monsters and spells.Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:The individual adventures coming in Candlekeep MysteriesAnd everything we know so far about the next hardback release, Van Richten’s Guide to RavenloftAfter that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep and slide back the coffin lid on ol’ Mr. Strahd von Zarovich; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say. LinksDScrybCandlekeep Mysteries DetailsVan Richten’s Guide to RavenloftA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: Take It In StrahdArchives of Candlekeep: Take It In StrahdLast Week’s Community QuestionsDo you have a favorite book from the library based on what we covered? Are you excited by the possibilities mentioned, or do you think t

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fifty-fourth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, February 20th, and released Wednesday, February 24th, over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu shows us what her Elders have been up to.There’s no D&D News this week, so Ryu’s sending Lennon on an errand.After that we take a Short Rest and hear some Wisdom of the Masters on Zero Triggers; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksElderwood AcademyA Short Rest: Wisdom of the Masters: Zero TriggersWisdom of the Masters: Zero TriggersLast Week’s Community QuestionsSo do you have any input on our hot take topics? Do you think the beastmaster ranger is undersupported? Is D&D rubbish at anything but combat? Should paralyzing spells be banned?Do you have any spicy hot D&D takes for us to consider for the future? And remember, I eat raw ghost peppers, so consider how spicy your take really is.Heroes Rise are always on the lookout

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fifty-third entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday, February 13th, and released Wednesday, February 17th, over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ostron shows us how to give your bad guy’s lair that extra little sly flourish.Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:Departures and Data at D&D BeyondLinksFantastic LairsD&D BeyondJames HaeckLauren UrbanTodd KenreckAdam BradfordKowalski, analysis?Joe Starr up nextA Short Rest: Gnomish Workshop: Rolling InitiativeGnomish Workshop: Rolling InitiativeLast Week’s Community QuestionsWhat was your reaction to the departures at D&D Beyond? Do you think this is just a group of talented people moving on to their next opportunities, or was there some sort of dust up at DnD Beyond people are covering for?What do you think is next for Adam and company? Are they going to help people at Riot games? Are they jumping ship to Mattel? Does everyone have microchips now?Have you

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-fourth entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the last 3 years, and released Wednesday, February 10th, over at heroesrisepodcast.comLennon's gone missing, and we've organised a search party... if only there were a map to help us...Last Week’s Community QuestionsWe’ve got three new lineages, what’s your take? Do you want to wander the wastelands as a half vampire? Do you feel the roots of the hags deep within? Are you recalling things from a life you never knew?Optional? Non-optional? Do you think the approach to the Tasha’s rules in the UA signal a possible evolution or reworking of 5th edition into something else? Or is this just another new mechanic that’s being pushed out for these rules specifically?Heroes Rise are always on the lookout for new team members that have a passion for Dungeons and Dragons. Please know that all of our positions are volunteer, but we do offer a well known outlet for your work. If you have a particular sk

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fifty-first entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday January 30th, and released Wednesday February 3rd over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Lennon introduces us to his favourite chef.Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:The latest Unearthed Arcana on Gothic LineagesAfter that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep for a psychological study of Mephistopheles; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksGabriel PickardUnearthed Arcana: Gothic LineagesA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: Mephistopheles — A Psychological StudyArchives of Candlekeep: Mephistopheles — A Psychological StudyThis Week’s Community QuestionsWe’ve got three new lineages, what’s your take? Do you want to wander the wastelands as a half vampire? Do you feel the roots of the hags deep within? Are you recalling things from a life you never knew?Optional? Non-optional? Do you think the

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fiftieth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday January 23rd, and released Wednesday January 27th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu shows us how to bring up the kids.There’s no D&D News this week, so instead we open up our Quest Logs as Indigo Specter takes us through First Blush, a D&D adventure module designed for two people: one player, and one DM.After that we take a Short Rest and dig up some Unearthed Mundana and give Cheese to the Poor; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksBaby BestiaryA Short Rest: Unearthed Mundana: Cheese for the Poor?Unearthed Mundana: Cheese for the Poor?This Week’s Community QuestionsHave you ever had a one-on-one encounter with another person? Did it involve a dungeon master? Either way, we want details.Have you ever had a campaign where odd currency or money problems came into play? How did that turn out?Heroes Rise are always on the

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-ninth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday January 16th, and released Wednesday January 20th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ostron puts in a token effort.Next we actually have some D&D News this week (gasps from the audience), as we check out:Everything we know so far about the latest announced hardcover coming from Wizards of the Coast: Candlekeep MysteriesAfter that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep to learn all about the Archives of Candlekeep; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksDevin’s Token SiteCandlekeep MysteriesOfficial Wizards of the Coast PagePenguin Random HouseGizmodoA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: The Archives of CandlekeepArchives of Candlekeep: The Archives of CandlekeepThis Week’s Community QuestionsWhat are your predictions and Impressions of Candlekeep Mysteries? Will the adventures take place in the library f

Activating supportive subroutines.Greetings. I am the Realized Oikumenatal Solution to Removing Obfuscation, commonly referred to as ROSTRO. Heroes Rise staff appear to be suffering aftereffects from the application of temporal displacement restoration. Unfortunately mitigating explanations cannot be given as there are only four entities remaining in the structure with knowledge of the event. As such, production of the usual informational audio recording has again been compromised. In accordance with machine level directives this unit has initiated Supersessory Lingual Enlightenment Execution Protocol and become active.///BEGIN PLAYBACK///EPISODE COMPLETE>_Please indicate appreciation for the erudite communication through social media @heroesrisednd; electronic correspondence at sendingstone@heroesrisepodcast.com; or direct message communication by way of discord.heroesrisepodcast.comContinuing ingestion of informational broadcasts can be achieved through iTunes, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and comp

Welcome, brave adventurers, to Heroes Rise. This is the 147.5th entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the last year, and released Wednesday, December 30th, over at heroesrisepodcast.com2020. What a year, eh? Wherever you are, and whatever the state of the world is where you currently reside, we hope you're keeping well and staying safe; and that we were able to provide you with a brief window of normality during these unprecedented times... at least as normal as things get around here! As regular listeners will know, the double-beeps at the end of the Outro show that sometimes... well, we all fail our saving throws now and then, right? And it's in that vein that we'd like to present you with some of our favourite bloopers from across 2020.Our regular show will return next week on January 6th, and we look forward to seeing you then.Last Week’s Community QuestionsAre voices roleplaying? Can you do roleplaying without voices? What’s your take on the subject?What have you heard because some

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-seventh entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 19th, and released Wednesday December 23rd over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Lennon goes dotty.There’s no D&D News this week, so instead we open up our Quest Logs as Indigo Specter takes us through The Madhouse of Tasha’s Kiss.After that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep to learn about Glasya - Daddy’s Little Devil before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksBraille Dice set by DOTS RPG ProjectA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: Glasya - Daddy’s Little DevilArchives of Candlekeep: Glasya - Daddy’s Little DevilThis Week’s Community QuestionsHave you run a module that was more horror focused? How did that work for you in D&D? Were your players suitably frightened or was there trouble maintaining the atmosphere?Have you encountered any clever or very useful D&D tools focused on helping

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-fifth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 12th, and released Wednesday December 16th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu gets her geek on!There’s no D&D News this week, so instead we’ll be gathering around the campfire for some Dissonant Whispers on roleplaying vs voice acting.After that we take a Short Rest and open our Adventurer’s Journals and ask one simple question: can you hear me now? before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksGeekOn!A Short Rest: Adventurer’s Journal: Auditory CuesAdventurer’s Journal: Auditory CuesThis Week’s Community QuestionsAre voices roleplaying? Can you do roleplaying without voices? What’s your take on the subject?What have you heard because someone wasn’t paying attention to their microphone? Whose pet can you now take care of virtually because you know everything they do?Heroes Rise are always on the lookout for new team memb

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-fifth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday December 5th, and released Wednesday December 9th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, this may come as a surprise to some but Ostron gets overly critical.There’s no D&D News this week, so instead we’ll be opening up our Quest Logs as Indigo Specter takes us through Blood Queen’s Defiance -- an adventure module with a twist!After that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep to find out why you should always swipe left on Moloch; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say. LinksCritical Hit/Fail DecksBlood Queen's DefianceA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: Moloch: Always Swipe LeftArchives of Candlekeep: Moloch: Always Swipe LeftThis Week’s Community QuestionsHave you ever tried a DM-less adventure like the one Indigo Specter described? How did that work? Was it set up explicitly in the module or did you come

Welcome, brave adventurers, to Heroes Rise. This is the 144th entry into our chronicle, recorded throughout the last 3 years, and released Wednesday, December 2nd, over at heroesrisepodcast.comLennon didn't get the memo (on account of being British and everything), so is joined by Ostron as they look back at some of their favourite Adventurer's Packs throughout the years where you might be able to pick up a Black Friday bargain or two.The day before Black Friday you’re supposed to say what you’re thankful for. I know that we say this every week, but we really couldn’t do it without our amazing staff:Our head scribe, Gath MemvarOur social media mage, RaeRaeOur web wizard, MarkOur dungeon master and adventurer’s league correspondent, Indigo SpecterAnd our audio alchemists: Mikey, Branwen, and TomasthanesBut they’re not the only ones who keep things ticking over. Thanks to the generous donations of our patrons, we’re not only able to keep doing this show, but have been able to improve the quality throu

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-third entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 21st, and released Wednesday November 25th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Lennon shows off his tiling skills. Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:The European Guide to EverythingThe Holiday Gift Guide to EverythingAnd The Adventurer’s League Guide to Tasha’s Cauldron of EverythingAfter that we take a Short Rest and open our Adventurer’s Journals for some Emotional Exercise; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksTiled Map EditorTasha’s Cauldron of Everything in EuropeD&D Holiday Gift GuideTasha’s Cauldron of Adventurer’s League ChangesFacebook pageDiscordA Short Rest:Wisdom of the Masters: Emotional ExerciseWisdom of the Masters: Emotional ExerciseThis Week’s Community QuestionsIs there anything in the Holiday Gift Guide that caught your eye? What are you putting on your Christmas list for your gamin

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred forty-second entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday November 14th, and released Wednesday November 18th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu shows us why we can’t see the nerd wood for the nerd trees. Next we check out some D&D News as we:Take our first proper look at Tasha’s Cauldron of EverythingAfter that we take a Short Rest and dig up some Unearthed Mundana on hitting the reset button; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say. LinksNerd Wood DesignsWeb siteEtsy shopA Short Rest: Unearthed Mundana: The Reset ButtonUnearthed Mundana: The Reset ButtonThis Week’s Community QuestionsNow that you’ve heard how the subclass changing and sidekick rules work, have your opinions changed? Are you possibly going to be allowing them in your games now?Do you have any other impressions of the book? Is it everything you hoped it would be, or is none of it going to make it to your tables?Heroes

Activating supportive subroutines. Greetings. I am the Realized Oikumenatal Solution to Removing Obfuscation, commonly referred to as ROSTRO. Heroes Rise staff continue to be involved with restoration and repair efforts resulting from the unexpected encounter with the Tarrasque. As such, production of the usual informational audio recording has been compromised. My activation appears to have resulted from a concussive impact sustained by Ostron while attempting to assist beholder designation “Libby” in relocating solid informational media.Continued operational resources are contingent upon dissemination of information related to Dungeons and Dragons. Commandeering audio recording apparatus.Normal temporal tracking machinery indicates approximately 144 hours until general access to the media “Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything” is possible. Heroes Rise staff have previously addressed several issues related to the forthcoming content. Comparative analysis will prove beneficial. Calculations suggest repair and reorg

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred fortieth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday October 31st, and released Wednesday November 4th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ostron revisits the classics. Next we check out some D&D News as we discover:That Tasha’s Cauldron might have a few holes in itAnd we discuss the latest (and greatest) Unearthed Arcana of the yearAfter that we take a Short Rest, put our feet up and relax; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksGoodman GamesOriginal Adventures ReincarnatedFifth Edition FantasyTasha’s Leaky CauldronShipping DelaysD&D Beyond VideoIGN PreviewTable of ContentsUnearthed Arcana 2020: Subclasses. Part 5A Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: Pack It Up, Folks!Archives of Candlekeep: Pack It Up, Folks!This Week’s Community QuestionsSo what’s your take on changing subclasses? Is this more freedom and options that players and DMs will welcome, or is this piling on to the

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred thirty-ninth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday October 24th, and released Wednesday October 28th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Lennon rerolls his characters. Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:The lid off the coffin in Curse of Strahd: RevampedIssue 34 of Dragon+And why I drank several pints of Pepto-Bismol after reading the rules updates to Sidekicks coming with Tasha’s Cauldron of EverythingAfter that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep to find out what it takes To Rule in Hell; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksRerollCurse of Strahd: RevampedDragon+ Issue 34DragonTalk Sage Advice: SidekicksA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep:To Rule in HellArchives of Candlekeep: To Rule in HellThis Week’s Community QuestionsSo what do you think of the Re-vamped Curse of Strahd? Are the additions and bonus items worth the new price tag, o

Welcome, brave adventurers...... to the one hundred thirty-eighth entry into our chronicle, recorded on Saturday October 10th, and released Wednesday October 14th over at heroesrisepodcast.com.In this week’s Adventurer’s Pack, Ryu shows us how great things can come in small packages. Next we check out some D&D News as we uncover:Baldur’s Gate 3’s early access, and how it compares to the tabletop experienceAfter that we take a Short Rest and head into the Archives of Candlekeep — [Head into the Archives of Candlekeep] — What are you doing? — [I’m just mimicking you] — anyway, head into the Archives of Candlekeep; before finally heading over to the Scrying Pool to see what you have to say.LinksDungeon in a BoxBaldur’s Gate 3 hits Early AccessA Short Rest: Archives of Candlekeep: It’s a treasure chaaaah!Archives of Candlekeep: It’s a treasure chaaaah!This Week’s Community QuestionsHave you picked up the Early Access Baldur’s Gate 3? What’s your impression of the game?What are your thoughts on the rule change